Scholarships for Sri Lankan Students Without a First Class
Four funding routes for Sri Lankans without a first class, including the Commonwealth 2:2 plus master's rule and Italian awards based on family income.
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Four funding routes for Sri Lankans without a first class, including the Commonwealth 2:2 plus master's rule and Italian awards based on family income.
Month-by-month scholarship deadlines for Sri Lankan students, from Chevening on 6 October 2026, plus three famous awards Sri Lankans cannot win.
GOI-IES pays a €10,000 stipend plus a full fee waiver for a year of postgraduate study in Ireland. Sri Lankan eligibility, the March deadline and tips.
What Gates Cambridge and Oxford's Clarendon scholarships cover for Sri Lankan postgraduates, why both depend on winning admission first, and how to apply.
Vanier paid CAD 50,000 a year but needed a university nomination, and it has now been replaced. What this means for Sri Lankan PhD applicants.
The NL Scholarship (formerly Holland Scholarship) gives non-EEA students €5,000 to study in the Netherlands. Who is eligible and how Sri Lankans apply.
Manaaki scholarships fully fund Sri Lankans for postgraduate study in New Zealand. Who is eligible, what's covered, the March deadline and how to apply.
Türkiye Scholarships fund tuition, housing, a stipend, airfare and a year of Turkish. How Sri Lankans apply, the age and grade rules and the deadline.
GKS covers tuition, a monthly stipend, airfare and a year of Korean in South Korea. How Sri Lankans apply via the Embassy or University track.
GREAT Scholarships give at least £10,000 toward a one-year UK postgraduate course. How Sri Lankans find participating universities and apply through them.
Who can apply for the Fulbright Master's from Sri Lanka, what it covers, the work-experience requirement, the June deadline and how to stand out.
MEXT funds Sri Lankans to study in Japan with tuition, a monthly stipend and airfare. The embassy recommendation route, deadlines, and how to apply.
Erasmus Mundus covers tuition, travel, insurance and a monthly stipend for a master's across European universities. How Sri Lankans apply and when.
Chevening fully funds a UK master's. Sri Lankan eligibility, the work-experience rule, the August to November timeline and how to write the four essays.
Sri Lankans are eligible for the UK's fully funded Commonwealth Scholarships at master's and PhD level. Who qualifies, how nomination works, how to apply.
Australia Awards are fully funded government scholarships open to Sri Lankans. Eligibility, priority fields, the return-home rule and how to apply.
Where Sri Lankan students find scholarships, a 12-month timeline, how to build a fundable profile and how to write applications and get strong references.
DAAD, Eiffel and Swedish Institute SISGP compared for Sri Lankan postgraduate applicants: eligibility, value, timelines and which to apply to first.